GENUINE RECOVERY ART AssociatesI coach because I live for people who want to grow and improve. In true humility, I value the responsibility and privilege of helping, supporting, inspiring, and living to standards that I can only live myself. If I can be an example, share, PROVIDE HOPE WITH DIGNITY, then I coach. I am not a licensed Recovery Coach or Paid Medical Professional. Make what you can and leave the rest. The choice is always up to YOU.
God knows what He is doing. He doesn’t give the hardest battles to his toughest soldiers. He builds his toughest soldiers from life’s fiercest battles. Use adversity as nourishment. The strength of a tree is in its roots. Your inner strength can be tested by outside elements; but belief, trust, faith in your core values […]
What’s most Important to you? (Values) a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life. The real value of anything depends on viewpoint. Your viewpoint is based in your perspective, which is magnification of perception. We receive what we focus on. In the final analysis, most of what I […]
Why, Why? The starting point of all achievement is desire. Desire blended with faith constitute the building blocks of material reality. Backed by this force is the conscious decision of Why? A powerful enough reason(s) for any action will propel the idea forward with a forceful velocity needed to materialize in the time sequence necessary […]
Doubt is defined as a feeling of uncertainty, or lack of conviction. To understand an emotion or state of mind everyone has experienced, maybe it’s necessary to comprehend doubts opposite? Faith, courage, perseverance, determination are all values or qualities that make sense. Doubt does serve a useful purpose, right? Well, let’s explore what happens when […]
Spontaneous Despair Letting the devil know your plans and intentions is the first step to defeat. You must sly the devil, because the ultimate devil is you. When the ego decides before it acts, this creates a hesitation, misfire, or in archery terms, “sin’ – which means missing the mark. When I became so desperate […]
Trust Trust is a measured degree of faith. Both are intertwined in a bond that is strengthened or weakened by the level of commitment or integrity of its structure. This structure is created and established in the mind of conscious thought. It is pure creativity. However deep your belief or conviction of faith will determine […]
Problems Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success. Bruce Lee It is often more important to go with a problem rather than to go against it. If we want to take more responsibility for our actions, feelings, […]
Adversity Adversity is a facet of life. It is universal and impartial. A time of difficulty. A time of distress. A time of misery. A time of suffering, or loss. It’s hard to describe and share struggling with others. Its very personal. There is no escaping adversity, but there is a useful way to respond […]
BELIEF- THE BASIS OF ACTION Belief is an important word in the teachings of the wise, and it figures prominently in all religions. In the Christians tradition, for example a certain kind of belief is necessary to experience salvation or re-birth; and the Buddah taught that accessing one’s beliefs is the first and most essential […]
In the gap is your freedom.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metanoia Metanoia An Ancient Greek Word that really cannot be distilled into one word. It means more than transformation or change of heart. It means to think beyond your thinking. To think in a new way that is much closer than some far out vision out in the distance. This responsibility must begin with you. […]
Responsibilityre·spon·si·bil·i·ty | rəˌspänsəˈbilədē |noun (plural responsibilities)the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone: a true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals.• the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something: the group has claimed responsibility for a […]
Where My Recovery Starts An Honest Examination of my Shadow In genuine recovery it is essential to take a self moral inventory of your strengths and weaknesses in order to move forward towards acceptance and forgiveness. Accepting myself and forgiving myself are tall orders when operating with a low self esteem as a result of […]
What you do now, has an effect.
What Meaning Do I Choose? My search for meaning is the source of success or failure. Understanding, perception, and past experience shape my decisions. These decisions affect my attitudes which in turn determine what kinds of results I experience. Now, it is difficult to comprehend that circumstances outside of me do not determine the […]
It all starts Now. In Genuine Recovery, my sobriety time is the ever-present realization that I do not drink today. Longevity is a future and past concept — it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow or yesterday. There never will be because time is always happening now. I find there is only present, […]
What you choose, you are willing.
